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iShares MSCIEurope Health Care Sector UCITS ETF AccumEUR backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of iShares MSCIEurope Health Care Sector UCITS ETF AccumEUR. 0 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester.

Data 2020-11-17 ~ 2026-07-31daily bars 1,452 (5.7 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XETRMonthly snapshot 2026-07-31

Results by strategy

0 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 6.9%, drawdown -26.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 4.7%, MDD -15.6%, Sharpe 0.45, 64% exposure.

CAGR reference leader: EMA 크로스오버 — CAGR 4.7%, MDD -17.0%, exposure 70%.

No strategy retained at least 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR while reducing drawdown by both 20% relatively and 5 percentage points absolutely.

The alternative must retain 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR, improve drawdown by at least 20% and 5 percentage points, and stay below 95% exposure; the ranking weights return retention 60% and drawdown improvement 40%.

Strategy · parametersCAGRMDDSharpeCalmarTotalTradesExposure
Supertrend
period=25, mult=4.4
4.7%-15.6%0.450.301.3x2964%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=104, slow=108
4.7%-17.0%0.430.281.3x770%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=17, exitN=22
4.0%-17.6%0.410.231.2x3360%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=47, k=3.2
0.9%-7.2%0.280.131.1x49%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=45, slow=225
1.7%-21.0%0.200.081.1x761%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=18, atrPeriod=10, mult=3.4
0.6%-5.8%0.180.101.0x109%
ROC 모멘텀
n=116, threshold=-0.02
1.0%-21.6%0.140.041.1x4067%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=26, threshold=20
-0.3%-12.0%-0.06-0.031.0x1210%
MACD
fast=17, slow=59, signal=17
-2.7%-31.4%-0.20-0.090.9x6352%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.025, maxStep=0.12
-3.1%-30.7%-0.24-0.100.8x12757%
Buy and hold6.9%-26.7%0.500.261.5x1100%
1x 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 EMA 크로스오버SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend (Sharpe leader), EMA 크로스오버 (CAGR reference), Buy and hold.
0% -7% -13% -20% -27% 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdEMA 크로스오버Supertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -15.6% (2022-04-11 → 2023-03-28), recovered after 806 days.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were selected on the same full-history sample using sharpe over 40 trials per strategy, so results contain in-sample bias. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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